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Not an urban legend to thigh babies January 11, 2012 at 2:17 pm Maryam Namazie In comments about my post on religiously sanctioned paedophilia<http://freethoughtblogs.com/maryamnamazie/2012/01/09/religiously-sanctioned-paedophilia/>, it has been said that the practice supported by Khomeini of thighing or placing a penis in between thighs of weening babies is an urban legend. Ive explained how with brutalities such as these, there is no need for such legends; the realities are much bleaker. Heres a video on the practice: *http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz40Dj_-IY0&feature=player_embedded*<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz40Dj_-IY0&feature=player_embedded> Heres link to Khomeinis Book in Persian<http://vccans.ir/Libraray/Ketabkhaneh/ketaabkhaaneh/tahrirolwasyla_imam_khomeini/tahrirolwasyla_imam_khomeini_jeld_4_01.html#link1> . Religiously Sanctioned Paedophilia<http://freethoughtblogs.com/maryamnamazie/2012/01/09/religiously-sanctioned-paedophilia/> January 9, 2012 at 11:35 pm Maryam Namazie [image: aisha] The Director General of the Census Bureau in Hormozgan announced that there had been five marriages of girls under the age of 10<http://www.equal-rights-now.com/00AT/AT-56/Aleyh%20Tabeyz-56.pdf>in the Iranian province. Latest national statistics for children married under the age of 14 in Iran is 24,506 girls and 5, 519 boys. The total number of marriages from 10-18 years of age is 848,000. But dont be alarmed. A member of the Islamic Assembly (Majlis) and its Judicial Commission, Nayereh Akhavan (heres a photo of her<http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2011/07/parliamentarian-supports-executions/>), has said that there can be no ban on child marriages because there are ten year olds who have reached sexual and intellectual puberty and because it would contradict sharia. We know Islams prophet consummated his marriage with Aisha when she was 9. And of course there is Ayatollah Khomeini s book of sayings: Tahrir al Wasilah, where he says that a man can even have sex with a baby. Expressing concern is not enough; please take action now January 12, 2012 at 1:58 pm Maryam Namazie [image: 253124_212478385452697_151189674914902_690907_3934867_n1] Mina Ahadi has written an open letter to Catherine Ashton, Vice-president and high representative of the European Union for foreign affairs and security policy about the outrageous executions taking place in Iran. Critics of Islam, political activists and others are executed daily in Iran; in the first few days of 2012 the Islamic regime of Iran has upgraded its body count to three per day. It is not enough to issue letters of protest. This regime must be diplomatically isolated internationally. Its representatives must be expelled from international assemblies. Its embassies must be shut down. We dont need economic sanctions that will put further pressure on the people of Iran; we need political pressure and the diplomatic isolation of this regime so that people in Iran can bring it down. She says, its not enough to express concern; they need to act now. Read her letter here. Dear Ms Ashton On 11 January 2012 two youth were executed in Evin prison. One of them was identified as Fazlollah for the crime described as rape; the others name was given as Jalal and his crime was described as follows by the Islamic regime: Jalal intended to marry a girl called Fariba, but he subsequently raped her, and because of this, Fariba committed suicide. Today, Evin prison witnessed the execution of these two individuals. Of course, everybody knows that the Islamic regimes courts are medieval and executions are political. In order to subjugate people on the eve of every so-called election and in anticipation of any internal political tension, the Islamic regime cruelly sacrifices a number of individuals, hoping that this will silence everyone else. The year 2012 began with more bloodletting because the Islamic regime is more beleaguered than ever and fears the people more than ever. Of course, the execution of these two youths in Evin prison on 11 January 2012 was not the first execution in Evin this year. In the first few days of the year, 22 people had secretly been executed there. Together with the report of the two executions in Evin, we have received news that the Judiciary has condemned two Iranian-Afghan citizens to death in one of its courts of injustice. The execution of Iranian-Afghans and brutality towards them already figure prominently in the Islamic regimes catalogue of crimes, and hundreds of Afghans have been secretly executed in Iran. Of course, the execution of political activists is still on the Islamic regimes agenda. Among the reports of the latest executions in Iran there is news of the plot against three Kurdish political activists who may well be condemned to death. Changiz Qadam Kheir, Shurosh Rezai and Fardin Farji, who were arrested in 2011 were framed and could now face death sentences. These three individuals, for your information, were forced with torture and intimidation to confess on Press TV. Press TV is the Islamic Republics television station based in London. It has been involved in obtaining forced confessions from others including the Iran stoning case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani. It broadcast a programme featuring Sakineh and her son, promising them their freedom after incriminating themselves in this fabricated documentary. This television channel is an arm of the Islamic Republics intelligence apparatus and some of its journalists are professional interrogators of the Islamic regime. Moreover, there are currently five people being investigated by the Islamic regimes courts in a case known as Heretics 3; so far, two of them have been condemned to death. Vahid Asghari, aged 25, was condemned to death for maintaining a website against religion and Islam. Ahmadreza Hashempur was condemned to death for keeping an anti-religious and, according to the regime, obscene website. He is 40 years old and holds a doctorate. The death sentence was confirmed on appeal by the regimes Supreme Court on 11 January 2012. The Islamic regime has declared that these individuals websites were obscene and anti-religious. Saeid Malekpour, an Iranian-Canadian citizen, was condemned to death earlier for the same crime, and his case is currently before the regimes Supreme Court. Clearly, criticism of religion and Islam or maintaining a website can lead people to the gallows in Iran. Of course, according to Iranian law apostasy is punishable by death. Ms Ashton! I would like to inform you that Zaniar Moradi, a 21 year old youth who could be executed at any time, managed to send messages outside the prison pleading with the people of the world not to allow him to be killed. Please imagine how it might feel to be a 21-year-old boy who has spent the past two years in prison enduring the tortures and barbaric behaviour of a handful of murderers, and who, together with his cousin, could be executed at any moment. Zaniar is waiting for the world to protest against these crimes and atrocities. In a letter, Zaniar has described the torture methods and rape threats that have been used against him by the regimes interrogators, and now at any time he could be executed in public along with his cousin, Loqman Moradi, aged 25. These two prisoners relatives have implored the people of the world to help to save their boys. Another such case is the Islamic regimes flagrant plot against Amir Mirzai Hekmati, an Iranian-American who is in imminent danger of having his death sentence carried out. Amir Mirzai Hekmati, an American of Iranian ancestry, was sentenced to death for corruption on Earth. His family says that this 25-year-old, who was born in America, had gone to Iran to visit his grandmother and is now in danger of execution. Apparently he too, like other prisoners, was tortured and forced to confess on television, similarly to Sakineh. Please note the following execution statistics. While in 2011 two people were executed per day, the regime has begun the year 2012 by executing three people per day. In the past ten days, reports regarding Iranian prisons have been as follows: During the first days of 2012, Salah Rashidiyyeh was executed in Zanjan prison. On Tuesday, 3 January, two people were executed in Arak prison. On Wednesday, 4 January, five people were executed in Zanjan central prison. Their names were not revealed but their crimes were claimed to be drug-related. On Wednesday, 4 January, one person was executed in Semnan prison. On Thursday, 5 January, a 53-year-old prisoner named Nazar Ali Moradi was executed in Khorin prison, Varamin, for possession of 215 grammes of heroin and a kilogramme of opium. At the same time, eight other people were executed in various Iranian prisons. Three were executed in public in Kermanshah. It was announced that these three, identified as Alireza Ahmadi, son of Khodadad, aged 48, Sadeq Eskandari, son of Vali, aged 33, and Sasan Basami, son of Jahangir, aged 36, had been condemned to death for armed robbery of the Sepah Bank in Kermanshah last August. The other five were hanged in the prisons of Kerman and Bam. On Saturday, 7 January, one person was publicly executed in a village near Gachsaran. On Wednesday, 11 January, two people were executed in Evin prison. The real number of executions is greater, since some are carried out secretly. The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has recently published information about the secret execution of hundreds of people in Vakil Abad prison, Mashhad, and revealed the names of 101 of them. These executions were collective, and the condemned were prevented from bidding their loved ones farewell. Only hours before their executions, they were instructed to write their wills and perform ritual ablutions. Their death certificates, with cause of death being judicial killing were issued at times a day before their executions. This is the Islamic regime of Iran! Last year, Amnesty International confirmed the execution of 252 people in Iran during the year 2011, and announced an additional 300 instances of secret execution on the basis of reliable reports. We agree that we are dealing with a regime which perpetrates crimes and atrocities and whose behaviour does not change even in response to letters of protest such as your own. This has been going on for many years. The International Committee Against Execution is asking you to support a policy of isolating this regime, to initiate serious actions including the closure of the regimes embassies in European countries to protest the executions of hundreds of Iranian dissidents, to give succour to those condemned to die and to the victims of the regimes brutality, and to show that you are truly concerned with saving the lives of Zaniar and the critics of Islam and likewise with defending freedom of speech and the human dignity of individuals. We are asking you to show that your actions are not limited to sending the occasional letter of protest without great practical effect. Respectfully, Mina Ahadi Spokesperson International Committee Against Execution International Committee against Stoning 11 January 2012 Tel: +49 177 569 2413. Email: [email protected]. http://notonemoreexecution.org http://stopstonningnow.com/wpress/ ------------------------------- The Latest from Iran (13 January): Beyond "Safe and Sane" --- Watching The Economy Friday, January 13, 2012 at 7:34 Scott Lucas in Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Cuba, EA Iran, Gannady Gatilov, Islamic Iran Participation Front, Jun Azumi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Masoud Alimohammadi, Middle East and Iran, Mohammad Reza Tabesh, Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, Osamu Fujimura, Saeed Jalili, Yoshihiko Noda *President Ahmadinejad, on his trip to Cuba, pronounces that former Cuban leader Fidel Castro is "safe and sane"* *See also Iran Snap Analysis: Are the Oil Sanctions Tightening on Tehran?<http://www.enduringamerica.com/home/2012/1/13/iran-snap-analysis-are-the-oil-sanctions-tightening-on-tehra.html> Iran Video: Scott Lucas on Al Jazeera - Tehran, China, & US Sanctions<http://www.enduringamerica.com/home/2012/1/12/iran-video-scott-lucas-on-al-jazeera-tehran-china-us-sanctio.html> The Latest from Iran (12 January): After the Tehran Bomb<http://www.enduringamerica.com/home/2012/1/12/the-latest-from-iran-12-january-after-the-tehran-bomb.html> * ------------------------------ 1140 GMT: The Battle Within. An interesting intervention by Hamidreza Moghaddamfar, the Cultural Deputy of the Revolutionary Guards, who praised the Supreme Leader's recent "Badr speech"<http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=13901022000842>because "some forces got scared and tired". Ayatollah Khameini, declaring that Iran would triumph over sanctions and the enemy, invoked victories by the Prophet Mohammad, including at Badr. The speech has been read by EA correspondents at a slap at Central Bank head Mahmoud Bahmani, who said that sanctions presented a situation "worse than physical war" for Tehran. 1135 GMT: The Tehran Bomb. The opposition Green Embassy Campaign has contended <http://sefaratesabz.blogspot.com/> that Wednesday's killing of scientist Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan is an attempt, as in the 1980s, to unite Iranians against an "enemy" and to divert attention from the nuclear issue. The Campaign also warned of possible regime action in Iraq, including the demolition of pipelines, and Syria. 1125 GMT: Sanctions Watch. Gannady Gatilov, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister, has warned the US<http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2012/01/201211382815875531.html?utm_campaign=default&utm_source=social_flow&utm_medium=twitter>that moves to tighten sanctions on Iran would "unquestionably be perceived by the international community as an attempt at changing the regime". Meanwhile, diplomats said today that Iran had agreed<http://www.mehrnews.com/fa/newsdetail.aspx?NewsID=1508567>to a high-level visit by the International Atomic Energy Agency's inspectors on 28 January. The news came as Speaker of Parliament Ali Larijani, visiting Ankara, said he believed that the nuclear issue could be solved through serious talks, with Tehran supporting discussions in Turkey. 0915 GMT: Sanctions Watch. Reuters has a significant article<http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/12/us-iran-oil-idUSTRE80B0VK20120112>which reinforces our analysis that the European Union will cut off Iranian oil imports this month but that the decision will not take effect before July: * Italian, Spanish and Greek companies have extended most of their oil supply deals with Iran for 2012, so that most of Tehran's supplies to the European Union are likely be exempted from sanctions for at least the first half of the year. Trading sources told Reuters that Italy's Saras (SRS.MI), ERG (ERG.MI) and Iplom, Greece's Hellenic (HEPr.AT) as well as Spain's Repsol (REP.MC<http://rep.mc/>) have either extended or have not scrapped existing term supply contacts with Iran for 2012. "We kept our 2-year deal with Iran," said a trader with a refiner. "At the moment it is business as usual, but of course we are considering potential alternatives. Asking the Saudis for more crude is one possibility," said a trader with an Italian company. Italy, Spain and Greece take some 500,000 barrels per day out of European Union's imports of Iranian oil of around 600,000 bpd, according to the latest available data. Diplomatic sources told Reuters the three countries, the EU's most fragile economies, were pushing for a grace period for up to 12 months as an immediate switch to oil from other producers may prove too costly and painful for them. Some diplomats said that when EU foreign ministers meet on January 23 to decide on sanctions, they will most likely agree on a compromise of six months for the grace period, and no longer. Only existing deals would be granted that period while new or spot deals would not be exempted from sanctions. European entities will also be allowed to continue receiving repayments in oil for debts they are owed by Iranian firms. These include Eni (ENI.MI) and Norway's Statoil (STL.OL) to whom Tehran owes $2 billion and $0.5 billion respectively and pays in oil and petroleum gas (LPG). * 0911 GMT: Not Quite An Islamic Awakening. The website "598" claims that a conference in Qom on the "Islamic Awakening"<http://www.598.ir/fa/news/34990/%D9%88%D9%82%D8%AA%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D9%87-%D8%AF%D8%BA%D8%AF%D8%BA%D9%87-%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AD%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%87-%D9%87%D8%A7-%DA%A9%D9%85%E2%80%8C%D8%B1%D9%86%DA%AF-%D9%85%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%AF>was cancelled on Thursday when less than ten people showed up. 0905 GMT: Elections Watch. *Kalemeh* claims, from an "informed source", that reformist MP Mohammad Reza Tabesh defied former President Mohammad Khatami <http://www.kaleme.com/1390/10/22/klm-86341/> to stand in March's Parliamentary elections. The website adds that Khamenei is still insisting on conditions --- freeing of political prisoners, free elections with freedom for political parties, and adherence to the Constitution --- for participation in the campaign. 0900 GMT: Chest-Thumping of the Day. An interesting signal from Washington, put out through *The New York Times*: * The Obama administration is relying on a secret channel of communication to warn Irans supreme leader<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/world/middleeast/us-warns-top-iran-leader-not-to-shut-strait-of-hormuz.html>, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, that closing the Strait of Hormuz is a red line that would provoke an American response, according to United States government officials. The officials declined to describe the unusual contact between the two governments, and whether there had been an Iranian reply. * 0855 GMT: Justice Watch. Nine teachers from Yazd have been given suspended sentences <http://www.rahesabz.net/story/47602/> of 3 1/2 years each for "propaganda against the regime". 0835 GMT: The Tehran Bomb. While the regime tries to use Wednesday's bombing to its advantage, the reformist Islamic Iran Participation Front, condemning the murder of scientist Mostafa Roshan Ahmadi, adds that intelligence forces should combat terrorism instead of arresting citizens<http://www.rahesabz.net/story/47612/> . Another reformist party, the Mojahedin of Islamic Revolution, put out a similar declaration on Thursday. 0815 GMT: The Tehran Bomb. The assassination of scientist Mostafa Roshan Ahmadi has offered a platform for a major public-relations push by the regime. The Supreme Leader issued a message that the role of the "CIA and Mossad intelligence service" was a sign of the "dead end of global arrogance and Zionism<http://www.daneshjoonews.com/news/politics/10552-1390-10-23-00-22-19.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter>". Ayatollah Khamenei declared that "the punishment of the perpetrators and those behind the incident can never be ignored". Ayatollah Khamenei's remarks came on the second anniversary of the assassination of another scientist, Masoud Alimohammadi, and the Secretary of the National Security Council, Saeed Jalili, used the occasion to blame the US and Israel <http://www.presstv.ir/detail/220776.html> for Ahmadi Roshan's murder. Beyond the ritual denunciation of Washington and West Jerusalem, there is a notable feature in the campaign, however. The regime, through its Ambassador to the United Nations and senior judiciary official Mohammad Javad Larijani, has called on the UN to investigate and denounce the killings. At the same time, it is blaming the UN and the International Atomic Energy Agency as accomplices to the US and Israel, both through Jalili and through media outlets such as Press TV<http://www.presstv.ir/detail/220772.html> . Doing so, the Islamic Republic will try and push back against sanctions and the IAEA's findings on Iran's nuclear programme. Jalili was far from subtle on Thursday: How come, despite such transparent cooperation [on the part of] Iran, [it] is still under constant threats, pressures and sanctions? 0755 GMT: Sanctions Watch. More developments on Thursday to complement our snap analysis, "Are the Oil Sanctions Tightening on Tehran?<http://www.enduringamerica.com/home/2012/1/13/iran-snap-analysis-are-the-oil-sanctions-tightening-on-tehra.html> "... As US Secretary of Treasury Tim Geithner visited Japan, Finance Minister Jun Azumi offered further evidence that Tokyo, which buys 10% of its oil from Iran, will reduce but not suspend<http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/12/iran-idUSL6E8CC12F20120112>shipments: "We would like to take action concretely to further reduce in a planned manner [but] it would cause immense damage if they were cut to zero." Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura later tried to soften the pledge, saying it was just one of many options under consideration, while Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda told Geithner of his concern over the potential impact of the sanctions on the Japanese and world economy. There are more signals of alternative supplies being arranged for Asian countries who cut import from Iran --- in addition to the visit of China's Premier Wen Jiabao to Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar this weekend, South Korea's Prime Minister will visit the UAE and Oman from Friday. 0730 GMT: There is a selection of diversions to begin Friday. You can take in President Ahmadinejad's stay in Cuba during his 4-nation Latin American tour, where he celebrated Iranian-Cuban ties and discussed affairs with Cuban leader Raul Castro --- Reuters prefers to feature Ahmadinejad's declaration that former leader Fidel Castro is "safe and sane<http://www.reuters.com/video/2012/01/12/ahmadinejad-says-fidel-castro-safe-and-s?videoId=228477449&videoChannel=75> ". Ahmadinejad later travelled to Ecuador<http://www.presstv.ir/detail/220753.html>, his final stop before returning to Iran, where he made more pro forma declarations, for example, about the Iranian nuclear programme<http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4175166,00.html>: "They insult our country and our citizens, of course we will resist. The nuclear weapons are just an excuse, everybody knows Iran is not trying to develop a nuclear bomb.". Or you can watch the aftermath of Wednesday's assassination of scientist Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, which is overshadowing Ahmadinejad's tour in the Iranian media. Press TV's top four Iran stories<http://www.presstv.ir/section/3510201.html>use the event to denounce not only the US and Israel but also the United Nations, while proclaiming the support of the Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation and the Non-Aligned Movement for Tehran. However, we will try to maintain focus on the primary story inside Iran. Although you will not see it in the Islamic Republic's headlines, Thursday brought more news of economic tensions, from the rumours that the Central Bank head would be replaced to pressure on the Government to suspend the second phase of subsidy cuts to confirmation of rising food prices. This morning, we link those economic probems to an analysis of developments outside Iran, "Are the Oil Sanctions Tightening on Tehran?<http://www.enduringamerica.com/home/2012/1/13/iran-snap-analysis-are-the-oil-sanctions-tightening-on-tehra.html> " Article originally appeared on EA WorldView (http://www.enduringamerica.com/). 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